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The ROI of
Distributed vs.
Central Power
Conversion
Brian Korgaonkar
Sr. Product Manager
A fundamental decision that drives…
| © 2014 Enphase Energy, Inc. | Confidential1
Project Economics Risk
Disruptive Applications Environmental Impact
1 2
3 4
What are we deciding between?
| © 2013 Enphase Energy, Inc. | Confidential2
Inverter
Series Strings of
Generation/Storage
Parallel Branches of
Generation/Storage
Microinverters
+
Centralized Distributed
Superior economics due to increased productivity,
reliability, and O&M
| © 2015 Enphase Energy, Inc. | Confidential3
Economics
Risk
Disruptive Apps
Final
Benefit
NPV Benefit ($/W), Distributed vs. Centralized
Over 20 year System Life
A Distributed
Architechture Provides
•$44K higher NPV
•5.9% higher ROI
•1.3% higher IRR
•$0.009/kWh lower LCOE
Redundancy in distributed power conversion creates a
resilient, reliable system
| © 2015 Enphase Energy, Inc. | Confidential4
Economics
Risk
Disruptive Apps
Disruptive applications driven by superior hardware and
granular data
Economics
Risk
Disruptive Apps
| © 2015 Enphase Energy, Inc. | Confidential Source: Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control (IDSC) website
Distributed power conversion leverages strength in
numbers for…
Superior economics
Best in class reliability
Disruptive applications
| © 2013 Enphase Energy, Inc. | Confidential6

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ROI of Distributed Power Conversion_EUEC February 2015_(final)

  • 1. The ROI of Distributed vs. Central Power Conversion Brian Korgaonkar Sr. Product Manager
  • 2. A fundamental decision that drives… | © 2014 Enphase Energy, Inc. | Confidential1 Project Economics Risk Disruptive Applications Environmental Impact 1 2 3 4
  • 3. What are we deciding between? | © 2013 Enphase Energy, Inc. | Confidential2 Inverter Series Strings of Generation/Storage Parallel Branches of Generation/Storage Microinverters + Centralized Distributed
  • 4. Superior economics due to increased productivity, reliability, and O&M | © 2015 Enphase Energy, Inc. | Confidential3 Economics Risk Disruptive Apps Final Benefit NPV Benefit ($/W), Distributed vs. Centralized Over 20 year System Life A Distributed Architechture Provides •$44K higher NPV •5.9% higher ROI •1.3% higher IRR •$0.009/kWh lower LCOE
  • 5. Redundancy in distributed power conversion creates a resilient, reliable system | © 2015 Enphase Energy, Inc. | Confidential4 Economics Risk Disruptive Apps
  • 6. Disruptive applications driven by superior hardware and granular data Economics Risk Disruptive Apps | © 2015 Enphase Energy, Inc. | Confidential Source: Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control (IDSC) website
  • 7. Distributed power conversion leverages strength in numbers for… Superior economics Best in class reliability Disruptive applications | © 2013 Enphase Energy, Inc. | Confidential6